From 6-7 March 2018, the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions (ANNI) is holding its yearly Regional Consultation in Kathmandu, Nepal. The 11th Regional Consultation is co-hosted with FORUM-ASIA, which holds the Secretariat of ANNI, and local member INSEC. Throughout the two-day meeting issues scheduled to be discussed are: reviewing the action points [ Read more ]

FORUM-ASIA member from Nepal, Informal Sector Service Center (INSEC) published its “Human Rights Year Book 2018” which covers the period from January to December 2017. The report thoroughly documents cases of human rights violations in all seven provinces of the country. For a PDF version of this report, click here.

14 January 2018 Attention Drawn to Ensuring Education Rights INSEC Kanchanpur and Human Rights Watch Committee of the district has drawn the attention of District Education Committee on January 14 to ensure the education rights. Vice chairperson Tapta Singh Thakulla of Human Rights Watch Committee of Suklafanta-5 has handed over the attention drawn letter to [ Read more ]

14 January 2018 Stress Given on Making Local Level Responsible The participants in an interaction program organized by INSEC between service provider and beneficiary on January 14 stressed to make the local level more responsible. Speaking at the program, Chief Parshuram Rawat of Agriculture Development said that the agriculture program is not being farmer-friendly. He [ Read more ]

To mark the Global Campaign of 16 days Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the FORUM-ASIA member Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC) has played a series of street drama on the topic of ending gender-based violence in Melamchi Municipality, Nepal. Click here to watch the video clip of the campaign.

FORUM-ASIA member CSRC will having the second session of the Annual Dialogue Series 2017 on Inclusive Reconstruction. The key speakers of the event are Dr. Bishnu Bhandari (member, National Reconstructive Authority) and Jagat Deuja (Land Rights Activist, CSRC). It will be open to students and researchers, faculty and civil society. The programme will be held on Sunday, 28 May 2017 [ Read more ]

We condemn the government decision of the ministry cabinet on 18 May to withdraw cases of five hundred people including those charged under criminal activities during Tharuhat/Madhes agitation. The cabinet meeting has decided to withdraw the serious cases accepting that of Tharuhat and Madhes agitation is political. The government has decided to withdraw the case [ Read more ]

15 May 2017: The election observer team of Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC) has monitored the vote counting centres in Kathmandu and Lalitpur metropolitan city along with various municipalities on May 15. It was found that the process of vote counting system is very slow despite of large number of vote casted in these metropolitans. If [ Read more ]

33rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 5: General Debate Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Friday, 23 September 2016 Mr. President, FORUM-ASIA welcomes the Secretary-General’s report on cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field [ Read more ]

33rd Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council Item 2: Oral Update by the High Commissioner – General Debate Oral Statement Delivered by Rosanna Ocampo On behalf of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) Wednesday, 14 September 2016 Mr President, FORUM-ASIA welcomes the High Commissioner’s update. We share his concerns on [ Read more ]